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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Paddington 1890
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]
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TABLE IIIA.
Deaths Registered fromall Causes (luring each Quarter of the Year 1890 in each Sub-district of the Parish.
Note.—The Deaths of Non-Parishioners occurring in Public Institutions situated in the Parish are excluded, and the Deaths of Parishioners occurring in
Public Institutions situated beyond the limits of the Parish are included.
| Cause of Death. | Sub-district. | Total 1st Quarter. | Sub-district. | Total 2nd Quarter. | Sub-district. | Total 3rd Quarter. | Sub-district. | Total 4th Quarter. | Total Deaths. | TOTAL. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Mary's. | St. John's. | St. Mary's. | St. John's. | St. Mary's. | St. John's. | St. Mary's. | St. John'b. | St. Mary's. | St John's. | |||||||
| Classes. | ||||||||||||||||
| I. Specific Febrile, or Zymotic Diseases | 89 | 26 | 115 | 75 | 22 | 97 | 80 | 10 | 90 | 38 | 17 | 55 | 282 | 75 | 357 o | |
| II. Parasitic Diseases | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | 1 | z | x | ||
| III. Dietic Diseases | 4 | ... | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | 1 | 8 | 2 | 10 | |
| IV. Constitutional Diseases | 73 | 23 | 96 | 81 | 20 | 101 | 69 | 16 | 85 | 72 | 21 | 93 | 295 | 80 | 375 | |
| V. Developmental Diseases | 36 | 5 | 41 | 28 | 6 | 34 | 28 | 10 | 38 | 32 | 8 | 40 | 124 | 29 | 153 | |
| VI. Local Diseases | 273 | 88 | 361 | 153 | 61 | 214 | 130 | 48 | 178 | 218 | 85 | 303 | 774 | 282 | 1,056 | |
| VII. Deaths from Violence | 8 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 14 | 36 | 19 | oa | |
| VIII. Deaths from Ill-defined and Not Specified Causes | 16 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 19 | 28 | 4 | 32 | 22 | 3 | 25 .... | 81 | 14 | 95 | |
| Totals | 499 | 149 | 648 | 361 | 121 | 482 | 346 | 96 | 442 | 396 | 136 | 532 | 1,602 | 502 | 2,104 | |
| I—SPECIFIC FEBRILE, OR ZYMOTIC DISEASES. | ||||||||||||||||
| 1.—Miasmatic Diseases. | ||||||||||||||||
| Smallpox | Vaccinated | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Unvaccinated | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| No Statement | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Measles | 14 | 3 | 17 | 33 | 7 | 40 | 14 | 2 | 16 | 4 | ... | 4 | 65 | 12 | 77 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | 2 | 2 | ... | 2 | 5 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Typhus | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Whooping Cough | 34 | 8 | 42 | 20 | 4 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 5 | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | |